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Capcom May Be Prepping Street Fighter 4

Posted by Zonk on from the hadoken! dept.

Gamespot reports that Capcom is likely to unveil a new Street Fighter title later this week. From the article: "Capcom has added some fuel to that fire today with the announcement that it will indeed be showing off a new arcade fighting game at the [Amusement Machine] show. The company made no mention as to whether the game would be an installment of an existing franchise or a new product altogether. Regardless, the new fighting game will only be presented in video format, meaning it's most likely to be quite early in development."

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  1. Where? by Seumas · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So exactly where are they going to put the Street Fighter 4 arcade game? Are there actually any arcades left?

    1. Re:Where? by Seumas · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The only arcade I've seen in the last ten years is Dave and Busters - and I don't think that should even qualify. The last time I went to a Dave and Busters, 90% of the games were giant screens with a gun (to shoot) and a pedal (to duck) and they were all variations of each other. You're a cop. You're killing zombies. You're killing robots. You're killing mobsters. Whatever. Then you have a few other games nobody has really ever heard of...

      I was thoroughly unimpressed and wondered where all the fighting games and stuff were. I haven't been back. Plus, in my mind, an arcade should be all ages. Otherwise it's not so much an arcade anymore. Though - granted - it's nice to have a mostly adult place and not have to compete with eight year old kids for a joystick.

      Are there any more Games People Play or Wunderlands? I remember paying $4 for admittance to Games People Play and then playing games until they closed. Two of us would go in and stay for twelve hours. And you couldn't get any food or drinks. You had a crappy water fountain in the back to drink from. If you left to get food or something, you'd have to pay another $4... So by the end of the night, you were groggy, exhausted, sick, dry-mouthed, dizzy and starving.

      And Wunderland was awesome because, even though you had to pay per-game, it was only a fricking nickel.

  2. Bout time by Datamonstar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually, we've been waiting for this for a while. Some reports say it that the only returing character will be Ryu. Hopefully the recent interest in Third Strike will create a large player base for this game. Can't wait.

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  3. Speculation on Future SF4 Game Titles... by Tickenest · · Score: 3, Funny

    Street Fighter IV: Second Wave Hyper Alpha EX Gold Fighting Edition Super Street Fighter IV-2: Super Happy Fun Smash Puzzle Fight III Street Fighter IV: The Game The Movie The Game The Movie The Game

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  4. Excellent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    We need this sequel to help answer the many questions raised in Street Fighter 3.

  5. a hardcore fans game maybe? by scottind · · Score: 3, Informative

    from what most fighting game forums say, speculation or whatnot:

    capcom japan has release all the street fighter rights over to capcom usa. Now capcom is actually listening to the feedback of fans so they wont make a disaster of a game like Capcom fighting evolutions.

    It's guranteed to be 2D. and it will be on Sega/Sammy Atomiswave hardware.